Cotton-chopper



B.YSCHWAB, R. SCHNEIDER AND H. HOEGENAUER.

COTTON'CHOPPER..

APPucATmN F1LeD1uNE21,1919.

1,374,474, Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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MORRIS PETER INC., LHHO WASHINGON D C Y R. SCHNEIDER AND H. HOE-GENAUER.

B. SCHWAB coToN cHoPPER.;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2111919.

Patented Apr. i12, 71921.

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UNiTsn s'irs `afar FFICEQ BRUNO SCHWAB, RICHARD sCiI'N'EiDEit, AND neven HOEGENAUER, or

TEXAS.

SAN' ANTONIO,

COTTON-orrorrna.

T all 'whom t mayV cof/wem Be it known that we, BRUNO SCHWAB, Rioiixnn SCHNEIDER, and Hiivnn HOEGEN- Aunn, citizens of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful VCotton-Chopper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for chopping and cultivating cotton, one of its objects being toV provide a simple and compact machine which can be placed astride a proceeds, the invention consists of certain` novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in. the claim, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without de-` parting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawingsi Figure 1 is a plan view.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, one of the-supporting wheels being removed and its axle shown in section. 1'

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, ld ig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4, Fig. 1.

reference, 1 designates an axle c arried by supporting wheels 2 and on this axle is mounted a housing 3 and a differential casing 4. A frame is mounted on the housing 3 and includes side members 5` the rear en ds of which are connected by an arch 6 while lthe front portions are extended forwardly and inwardly, as at 7 and are connected to a draft beam 8 suitably braced, as at 9. An-

other arch 10 isV 'secured to and extends up-4 wardly from theside .members and 'has its lower terminals connected to the front por-. tion of the frame by'brac'es 11. A topv beam 12 is secured upon theV middle portions of the arches and has its front end downturned, as at 13 and secured'to the beam 8.' A brace 14 may be extended forwardly from y the vbeam'12 to the beam 3.

Mounted on the housing 3 are split sleeves 15 each ofwhich has oppositely extending bossesl16 into which extend pivot screws 17 extending through attaching plates 13 secured to thel front ends of beams 19. rFhus the beams are free to swing upwardly and downwardly relative tothe housing 3 and valso to swing laterally about the screws or bolts 17. To the beams are attached sleeves Specification of Letters latent. Patentd App, 12, 1921, yApplication filed rune ai, isis. seriaiNo. 305,799. i

20 to which are clamped the standards of i cultivator yblades 21, said standards being indicated at'22. Ears 23 are extended upwardly from the 'sleeves 2O and are engaged loosely by the offset lower ends 24 of a spacing yoke 25. l This yoke bridges theA space between the beams 19 and is supported in an upstanding position by a link 26 which connects it. to the beam'12.

i Secured to the arch 6 at eachside thereo is a toothed segment 27 and hand levers 28` are connected thereto and adapted to beheld thereby, the lower ends of these levers being adjustly engaged by rods 29v which, in turn,

are attached to springs 30 secured to the v beams `19. By means of these levers the beams can ,be raised or lowered toV regulate the depth of the blades 21 below the surface of the soil. y

Journaled in bearings 31 at the sides of the frame is a controlling shaft 32 having a i able gearing, not shown, whereby motion is Referring to the figures by characters of correspondingly shift the hoes 39 without interfering with their rotation. A toothed segment 4:1 is provided for holding thelever in any position to which it may be shifted.

It will be obvious that when the machine is drawn `forward astride a row of plants the shaft 36 will be rotated and the hoes will successively cut across the row, thereby re moving the plants at regular intervals. The operator, who occupies the seat 42 can, by manipulating the lever l40, raise or lower the hoes at will V'tov cut or skip where desired.

Y The blades 21 following after the hoes will vcultivate between the rows.

lVhat is claimed is In a cotton chopping machine the combination with a frame Vand supporting wheels, of a housing interposed between the wheels and mounted for rotation1 a sleeve extending radially from the housing, axles connected to the respective wheels and exwith the shaft, means under the control of the operator and engaging the sleevecfor swinging said sleeve upwardly or downwardly to a desired elevation and rotating the housing on the axles, said means operating to hold the sleeve and housing against rotation with the axles. Y

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

BRUNO SCHWAB. RICHARD SCHNEIDER. v HAVER HOEGENAUER.. Y

Witnesses WALTER MUELLER, BEN R. WAHL. 

